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[DamnCoffee]

I've been working for a good while on a favourite film list. (I've been hunting for the thread I posted it in, and I cannot find it for the life of me, but I think it's time for a new one anyway), So yes, I absoloutely adore the world of film, and I've came up with a list of my favourites. Once I got past 10, I found it really hard not to keep going, so this is what I came up with.

• The Shining (1980)
• Psycho (1960)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• One Flew Over The Cookoo’s Nest (1975)
• Goodfellas (1990)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• From Russia With Love (1963)
• American Beauty (1999)
• Brokeback Mountain (2005)
• On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
• Thunderball (1964)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Sin City (2005)
• Scarface (1983)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• Let The Right One In (2008)
• Notes On A Scandal (2007)
• Alien (1986)
• Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• The Terminator (1984)
• Jaws (1975)
• The Macinist (2004)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• 28 Days Later (2003)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• True Grit (2010)
• Battle Royale (2000)
• Goldfinger (1964)
• Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
• Casino Royale (2006)
• Fight Club (1999)
• North By North West (1959)
• The Lion King (1994)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• The Ghost Writer (2010)
• No Country For Old Men (2007)
• The Orphanage (2007)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Dr No (1962)
• Batman (1989)
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• Interview with the Vampire (1994)
• The Green Mile (1999)
• Watchmen (2009)
• V for Vendetta (2005)
• Layer Cake (2004)
• Memento (2000)

I'm very curious to know everyone elses favourites. So don't hesitate to post them up! I love a good film discussion.

Edited by Mharkin, 03 July 2012 - 02:11 AM.

[AgenttiNollaNollaSeitsemän]

It's hard to make a sequenced list, but some of my favourites are (apart from Bond, of course) The Exorcist, Der Untergang, Die Hard, Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas, Sergio Leones The Dollar Trilogy, DePalmas Scarface, Magnolia, Das Boot, The Wicker Man. I am a huge fan of vintage British horror films - Hammer, Amicus, Tigon...

Edited by AgenttiNollaNollaSeitsemän, 01 July 2012 - 01:12 PM.

[SecretAgentFan]

Very interesting list, Mharkin. But I seem to detect a lack of comedies...

I´ll try to put up my favorites in a list - but I don´t think that I can rank them in general - maybe only per genre. Because how can I compare my favorite comedy "Broadcast News" with my favorite Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me"?

Here are films we both would declare our favorites (taken from your list):

The Shining (1980)
Psycho (1960)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
From Russia With Love (1963)
Alien (1986)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Die Hard (1988)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Jaws (1975)
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
Goldfinger (1964)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
North By North West (1959)
Dr No (1962)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Casino Royale (2006)
The Dark Knight (2008)

[DamnCoffee]

Very interesting list, Mharkin. But I seem to detect a lack of comedies...

I noticed this too. Comedies are a really difficult genre in my eyes. I hardly find any of them funny. Or maybe I just haven't seen any decent ones yet. Please feel free to recommend some!

[Pussfeller]

Good list, Mharkin. There are certain films that I watch over and over, though I don't necessarily consider them the best films of all time. They've just become a habit:

Drunken Angel
The Bad Sleep Well
High and Low
(come to think of it, I love every non-samurai Kurosawa film made before 1970...)
The Day of the Jackal
Coup de Grâce (Volker Schlöndorff)
Ánimas Trujano
Der Untergang
Jaws
Milk
Frost/Nixon
Death and the Compass (Alex Cox)
The Remains of the Day
The Great Escape
Fargo
The World of Apu
The Godfather, Part II
Sholay
The Wicker Man
The Remains of the Day
M (Fritz Lang)
The Boys From Brazil
The Empire Strikes Back
Bladerunner
Pulp Fiction (the only Tarantino film that I enjoy)

I also watch fewer comedy films, but I watch these all the time:

The Big Lebowski
A Fish Called Wanda
Dr Strangelove
Blazing Saddles
Duck Soup
Horse Feathers
Stalag 17 (I guess it's a comedy)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Lightereul Kyeora (a stupid Korean action-comedy that I bought by accident, and subsequently grew to love)

[PPK_19]

Great thread. It seems a lot of us have films in common on our favourites list. Here we go then, in no particular order, starting with my favourite however:

1.Goodfellas
2.The Usual Suspects
3.American Beauty
4.Crash (2005)
5.Sin City
6.Leon
7.Good Will Hunting
8.The Shawshank Redemption
9.The Matrix
10.Inglourious Basterds
11.Reservoir Dogs
12.Pulp Fiction
13.Kill Bill
14.Lethal Weapon 2
15.Hot Fuzz
16.Shaun of the Dead
17.Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
18.The Truman Show
19.Superman
20.Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Edited by PPK_19, 01 July 2012 - 04:32 PM.

[thecasinoroyale]

Nice thread Mharkin - the many times I've tried to do a Top Film list! I'll take your lead, as long as it is, and so will be back soon with my Top 50. Tricky choices ahead..!

[AMC Hornet]

Okay, I'll take a shot - in more or less chronological order (not necessarily the order in which I saw them):

Casablanca
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Thunderball
Murderer's Row
Our Man Flint
The Liquidator
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
Planet of the Apes
Where Eagles Dare
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Escape From the Planet of the Apes
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Diamonds are Forever
Live and Let Die
American Graffiti
The Man With the Golden Gun
The Towering Inferno
The Man Who Would be King
The Big Bus
The Enforcer
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Gauntlet
The Wild Geese
Moonraker
The Empire Strikes Back
Airplane!
Raiders of the Lost Ark
First Blood
Where the Buffalo Roam
Octopussy
Never Say Never Again
Uncommon Valour
Predator
The Living Daylights
The Princess Bride
Crocodile Dundee 2
Die Hard
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Die Hard 2
The Addams Family
Addams Family Values
True Lies
GoldenEye
Tomorrow Never Dies
Con Air
Armageddon
Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery
Vegas Vacation
Die Another Day
Casino Royale

My 50 desert island essentials.

[x007AceOfSpades]

1.) The Godfather

2.) The Godfather part II

3.) The Town

4.) American Gangster

5.) Brooklyn's Finest

6.) The Thing (original and prequel)

7.) The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

8.) The Fighter

9.) Warrior

10.) Fright Night

11.) Inception

12.) Alien

13.) Fast Five

14.) The Boondock Saints

15.) The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

16.) Escape From New York

17.) Hitman

18.) Panic Room

19.) Oceans 13

20.) Contagion

21.) Haywire

22.) Tron: Legacy

23.) Law Abiding Citizen

24.) Hot Fuzz

25.) Predators

26.) Peter Jackson's King Kong

27.) Observe And Report

28.) Knocked Up

29.) Heat

30.) Public Enemies

31.) They Grey

32.) Drive

33.) Gone Baby Gone

34.) A Bronx Tale

35.) Eastern Promises

36.) X-Men: First Class

37.) Layer Cake

38.) No Country For Old Men

39.) The Hurt Locker

40.) Safe

41.) Killer Elite

42.) Shaun Of The Dead

43.) The Dark Knight

44.) Batman Begins

45.) Repo Men

46.) Centurion

47.) The Fog

48.) Robin Hood (2010)

49.) Body Of Lies

50.) The Big Lebowski

[Colossus]

1.The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2.Predator
3.Dr. No

[x007AceOfSpades]

My list was just compiled of films I would over and over. I truly dont have a favorite film of all time.

[freemo]

Number 1:

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Rest of Top 5 (no order):

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Superman: The Movie
Rear Window
Full Metal Jacket

[DamnCoffee]

Goodfellas & Scarface have made it onto my list. Fantastic, flawless films.

[x007AceOfSpades]

Goodfellas & Scarface have made it onto my list. Fantastic, flawless films.

I knew I was forgetting something!

[Golddragon71]

In no particular order
Casablanca
From Russia With Love
Star Wars (Ep IV A New Hope 1977 original theatrical cut)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)
The Mark of Zorro (1940 tyrone Power)
The Maltese Falcon
Dracula (1931 Bela Lugosi)
Rambo First Blood Part II
Rocky IV
Back to the Future
Superman the Movie
Batman (1989 Michael Keaton)
Clash of the Titans (1981 Harry Hamlin)
Gremlins
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Romancing the Stone
Jewel of the Nile
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Time Machine (1960 Rod Taylor)
Highlander
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
The Karate Kid Part II
Star Trek IV The Voyage Home
Lethal Weapon
Tron
The Rocketeer
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 Robert Englund)

[Dustin]

THE BIG SLEEP

HATARI!

THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

ASTERIX ET CLEOPATRE

EL DORADO

SECOND CHANCE

THE JUNGLE BOOK

BAMBI

Ralph Bakshi's THE LORD OF THE RINGS

THAT MAN FROM RIO

BORSALINO

FRANKENSTEIN

THE NIGHT WALKER

HEAVY METAL

THE WIZARD OF OZ

THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE AHMED (Lotte Reininger silhouette animation)

KING KONG

BLOOD RELATIVES

THE TIME MACHINE

GRAND PRIX

FLASH GORDON

ROSENARY'S BABY

THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS

THE BIG LEBOWSKI

FAHRENHEIT 451

APOCALYPSE NOW

DUEL

JABBERWOCKY

MUNICH

FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS

THE BLOB

PLANET OF THE APES

THE MEANING OF LIFE

VANISHING POINT

SILENT RUNNING

NEVADA SMITH

STAR WARS


No significance to the list, just as they popped up in my memory.

Edited by Dustin, 03 July 2012 - 07:10 AM.

[thecasinoroyale]

Well here's my current Top 50 after lots of juggling around...shame I had to break James Bond films down, as they are just one big fat ONE on my list! Here we go...

• Casino Royale (2006)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
• Superman: The Movie (1978)
• Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
• A View To A Kill (1985)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• Total Recall (1990)
• Dirty Harry (1971)
• Unforgiven (1992)
• Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (1991)
• Pinocchio (1940)
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
• Licence To Kill (1989)
• Dragnet (1987)
• The Ipcress File (1965)
• Police Story (1985)
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith (2005)
• Batman (1989)
• Live And Let Die (1973)
• Commando (1985)
• Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995)
• Rocky IV (1985)
• Gran Torino (2008)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• The Terminator (1984)
• Taken (2008)
• Predator (1987)
• Dr.No (1962)
• Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989)
• Gladiator (2000)
• Layer Cake (2004)
• From Russia With Love (1963)
• Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Street Fighter (1994)
• Enter The Dragon (1973)
• Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003)
• Bachelor Party (1984)
• Rambo (2008)
• A Perfect World (1993)
• Rocky (1976)
• Kindergarten Cop (1990)
• GoldenEye (1995)
• Enduring Love (2004)
• See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
• The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008)
• The Terminal (2004)
• Home Alone (1990)
• Viva Las Vegas (1964)
• Dumb And Dumber (1994)

[SecretAgentFan]

My (current) favorites, broken down into genre Top 5-lists:

THRILLERS
1. The Three Days of the Condor (Sydney Pollack)
2. The Fugitive (Andrew Davis)
3. Dressed to kill (Brian DePalma)
4. North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock)
5. Chinatown (Roman Polanski)

COMEDY
1. Broadcast News (James L.Brooks)
2. Hannah and her sisters (Woody Allen)
3. When Harry met Sally (Rob Reiner)
4. The Naked Gun (ZAZ)
5. Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe)

ACTION
1. The Spy who loved me (Lewis Gilbert)
2. Raiders of the lost ark (Steven Spielberg)
3. First Blood (Ted Kotcheff)
4. Die Hard (John McTiernan)
5. The Wild Geese (Andrew McLaglen)

SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY
1. Star Wars: A new hope (George Lucas)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick)
3. Close Encounters of the third kind (Steven Spielberg)
4. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
5. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Robert Wise)

HORROR
1. Jaws (Steven Spielberg)
2. Angel Heart (Alan Parker)
3. Devil´s Advocate (Taylor Hackford)
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman)
5. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)

ROMANCE
1. The Way We Were (Sydney Pollack)
2. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater)
3. The Piano (Jane Campion)
4. Ryan´s Daughter (David Lean)
5. The Bridges of Madison County (Clint Eastwood)

DRAMA
1. Terms of Endearment (James L.Brooks)
2. Schindler´s List (Steven Spielberg)
3. All the President´s Men (Alan J. Pakula)
4. A few good men (Rob Reiner)
5. Awakenings (Penny Marshall)

EPICS
1. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean)
2. Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg)
3. Reds (Warren Beatty)
4. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner)
5. Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean)

Edited by SecretAgentFan, 05 July 2012 - 09:55 AM.

[Jake007]

The Empire Strikes Back.
Return Of The Jedi.
A New Hope.
The Godfather.
The Wrath Of Khan.
Die Hard.
Home Alone.
Back To The Future.
GoodFellas.
The Rock.
The Hunt For Red October
Armageddon.
Aliens.
GoldenEye.
The Living Daylights.
Casino Royale.
X-Men 2.
Happy Gilmore.
Jaws.
The Last Crusade.

[S K Y F A L L]

• JAMES BOND
• STAR WARS
• INDIANA JONES
• MARVEL
• THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS
• NAKED GUN
• AUSTIN POWERS
• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (ORIGINAL)
• BACK TO THE FUTURE
• BAT MAN
• NETWORK
• THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR
• THE ROCK
• THE JACKAL
• SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
• YOU'VE GOT MAIL
• TROPIC THUNDER
• SPARTA
• JUST FRIENDS
• DEFINITELY MAYBE
• THE LOSERS
• HAPPY GILMORE
• STRANGE WILDERNESS
• GROWN UPS
• RUMBLE IN THE BRONX
• POLICE STORY 3: SUPER COP
• POLICE STORY 4: FIRST STRIKE
• POLICE STORY 5: NEW POLICE STORY
• RUSH HOUR
• STREET FIGHTER
• DOUBLE IMPACT
• UNIVERSAL SOLDIER
• THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
• SPEED
• SPEED 2 CRUISE CONTROL
• WAYNE'S WORLD
• WAYNE'S WORLD 2
• LOADED WEAPON
• HOT SHOT
• HOT SHOT PART TWO
• NIGHT AT THE ROXBERRY
• OLD SCHOOL
• STEP BROTHERS
• LORD OF THE RINGS
• THE BOURNE TRILOGY
• SPEED RACER
• MACGRUBER
• HOT TUBE TIME MACHINE
• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
• INCEPTION

[Conlazmoodalbrocra]

Ok, prepare for an insanely long list!

Here goes (in alphabetical order):

All the Bond films (naturally!)
8 Mile
300
After Hours
The Age of Innocence
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Avatar
The Aviator
Black Swan
Boogie Nights
The Book of Eli
Borat
The Bourne Trilogy
Boxcar Bertha
Braveheart
Bringing Out The Dead
Bruno
The Cannonball Run
Cape Fear
Casino
Collateral
The Color of Money
The Damned United
The Departed
The Dictator
Downfall (Der Untergang)
Drive
Evolution
The Fighter
Forrest Gump
Four Lions
Gangs of New York
Get Him To The Greek
Goodfellas
The Hangover
Hugo
I, Robot
The Inbetweeners Movie
Inglourious Basterds
The International
Jaws
Jennifer's Body
Johnny English
Kevin & Perry Go Large
The King of Comedy
The King's Speech
Kundun
The Last Temptation of Christ
Layer Cake
Little Miss Sunshine
Mean Streets
Midnight In Paris
Mike Bassett: England Manager
Minority Report
Mrs Doubtfire
Munich
New York, New York
No Country For Old Men
The Punisher
Raging Bull
Rat Race
Road To Perdition
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface
Schindler's List
The Shawshank Redemption
Shine
Shoot Em Up
Shutter Island
Taken
Taxi Driver
This Is England
Titanic
True Grit
True Romance
V For Vendetta
Who's That Knocking At My Door
The Wrestler

[Red Barchetta]

Off the top of my head, and in no order are...

Alien

A Clockwork Orange

Star Trek: TMP (yes, I know, but it was a mind blower in the theatre when it came out- ST fans waited years to see it)

Saving Private Ryan

The Pythons and the Holy Grail (I still quote from it to this day)

I'll think of a few others I'm sure...

[elizabeth]

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
DRACULA (1931)
FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS
ANYTHING GOES
FOR ME AND MY GAL
ON THE TOWN
and of course all the Bond movies.

[Trevelyan 006]

Shooting from the hip here with the first 25 I could think of:

 

A Night At The Roxbury

Anchor Man: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy

Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery

Billy Madison

Casino Royale

Dumb & Dumber

Easy Rider

Enter The Dragon

Forrest Gump

GoldenEye

Halloween (Original 1978)

Happy Gilmore

Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains The Same

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Platoon 

Rocky II

Rocky IV

Scarface

Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back

Step Brothers

The Doors

The Godfather

The Living Daylights

Tommy Boy

Tropic Thunder

[Cruiserweight]

Stop Making Sense

Gone WIth the Wind

Bringing Up Baby

Lincoln

Amadeus

[seawolfnyy]

By year for the last 40 years: (5 Bond films)

2012: Skyfall

2011: Real Steel

2010: 127 Hours

2009: The Hangover

2008: Wall-E

2007: The Bourne Ultimatum

2006: Casino Royale

2005: Sin City

2004: Team America: World Police

2003: Finding Nemo

2002: Spider-man

2001: Ocean's Eleven

2000: Miss Congeniality

1999: Toy Story 2

1998: A Bug's Life

1997: Men In Black

1996: Independence Day

1995: Toy Story

1994: D2: The Mighty Ducks

1993: Jurassic Park

1992: My Cousin Vinny

1991: T2: Judgment Day

1990: Back to the Future Part III

1989: Licence to Kill

1988: Die Hard

1987: Spaceballs

1986: Crocodile Dundee

1985: Back to the Future

1984: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ('84 was a weak year)

1983: Return of the Jedi

1982: Blade Runner

1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark

1980: Airplane!

1979: The Warriors

1978: Animal House

1977: The Spy Who Loved Me (hard picking this over SW: A New Hope)

1976: The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1975: Jaws

1974: Young Frankenstein

1973: Live and Let Die

[Safari Suit]

By year for the last 40 years: (5 Bond films)

1984: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ('84 was a weak year)

 

 

No way! It was possibly the best year ever for so called "popcorn" films. Just look at all the films here which have been firmly cemented in pop culture lore. You may not like all of them, I don't either, but it's a pretty impressive tally

[Cruiserweight]

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Terminator, Gremlins, Amadeus, The Natural and A Nightmare on Elm Street are all tops for me in 1984.  

[seawolfnyy]

 

By year for the last 40 years: (5 Bond films)

1984: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ('84 was a weak year)

 

 

No way! It was possibly the best year ever for so called "popcorn" films. Just look at all the films here which have been firmly cemented in pop culture lore. You may not like all of them, I don't either, but it's a pretty impressive tally

 

Well it's just MY opinion. I didn't really like most of those other films. I'm not a fan of Beverly Hills Cop. It's not bad, just kind of meh. Temple of Doom is the worst Indiana Jones film (Before you yell at me, I don't count Crystal Skull) and I never liked Revenge of the Nerds. I might actually rank Ghostbusters for '84. I got the year wrong on that one, I thought it was 1985.

[AMC Hornet]

By year for the last 40 years: (5 Bond films)

Interesting idea - how does that affect my list?

 

1973: Live and Let Die/American Graffiti

1974: The Man With the Golden Gun

1975: The Towering Inferno/The Man Who Would be King

1976: The Big Bus/The Enforcer

1977: The Spy Who Loved Me/The Gauntlet

1978: The Wild Geese/Superman

1979: Moonraker/Star Trek TMP

1980: SW The Empire Strikes Back/Airplane!

1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark/FYEO

1982: My Favorite Year

1983: Octopussy/Never Say Never Again

1984: Star Trek III (yeah, it was a lean year)

1985: AVTAK (another lean year)

1986: Star Trek IV

1987: The Living Daylights

1988: Die Hard

1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1990: Die Hard 2

1991:The Addams Family

1992:

1993:Addams Family Values

1995: True Lies/GoldenEye

1996: The Rock

1997: Tomorrow Never Dies

1998: Armageddon

1999: The World is Not Enough

2000: X Men

2001: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2002: Die Another Day

2003: Love, Actually

2004: *

2005: Batman Begins

2006: Casino Royale

2007: Live Free or Die Hard

2008: Quantum of Solace

2009: *

2010: *

2011: "

2012: Skyfall

 

* I haven't been going to as many movies recently (obviously, they have to be ones I really want to see!).